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Show FALL SOON, : BELIEF German Press Comment Leads U. S. Officials ; to Think End Is Near; Argue on Battlefield . '-' By RoSerT J. Bender Bf 'United Press Staff Correspondent. TTTASIIINGTON, Oct. '16. r VV Upon s growing dissatisfaction' dissatis-faction' in Germany over kaiser rnle, authorities here today based th view that the Hohenzollern power will soon crumble and that the Wilson peace terma will thenvifce accepted. ac-cepted. - ton press Is voicing , its dissatisfaction dissatisfac-tion with things aa they are In Hun political life. CENSOR IS SCARED. ' v The comment expressing: discontent with the k a leer's autocratic power la ; now, becoming so general that tha all-j powerful German censoTapparently" doe not dare kill It. Authorities here believe that even the moat loyal of the kaiser's subjects will begin to appreciate soon that the mnrrier-msster Is the only thing standing In the path of peace and will realize that they are fighting; a losing fight. The state department fa keeping a careful file of German press comment com-ment gathered by Its agent In countries coun-tries near Germany. The department withholds this generally, gen-erally, lest It raise American Ideaa of art early peace unduly. NO LETUP IN FIGHTING. In tlil eorftiectlon It may be said the government Is now proceeding with the war just as though the peace notes had not been exchanged. The military authorities are disregarding pence prospects through diplomacy entirely In their plans and calculations. calcula-tions. They are arranging "force without stint" going on the theory that so far the moat convincing argument argu-ment with a German la a "bullet in hie head. . TURKEY'S COLLAPSE NEAR. Authorities look, for the early col- aL lapMe of Turkey. Her request for ace will probably be answered by the allies with a demand for unconditional uncon-ditional surrender, to be arranged with the commanding general, along lines similar In scope to those applied . against Itulgarla, ' Krom Turkish collapse to disintegration disinte-gration of-the Austro-Hungarlan empire em-pire Is regarded as no far cry. With these last props gone. It la felt here thru the German will llwten to reaeon rapidly will nrethat kalsnrdnrn hr-g poor investment. ALSACE-LORRAINE. One point which Is causing a vast amount of discussion la what will occur over the demand for return of Alsace-Lorraine to France. This hae been regarded aa a atlcklng point, hut It la felt here that Germany's military ayatem la such that she cannot dicker over this matter now. If she does not choose to. accept an armistice and democracy, Foch's armies will settle set-tle the Alsace-Lorraine question. Reported antlkalaer demonstrations In Germany, plus Imminent trouble from the Poles and Slavs to the east, are big factors In the peace aitua-1 tion. CZECHS PLAN REVOLT. rrtpTnm after ctrrler are receiving tn dl cat tons that distinct movements are-afoot are-afoot In Poland, Bohemia and Moravia looking to throwing off the German and Austrian yoke. Concerted action between Poland and the Cxecho-Slovak atate may force an early elimination of Austria and creation of a grave situation in tha eaat for Germany. Tha Csecho-Slovaks In Moravia and Bohemia have completed their political politi-cal organlxatlona and have been wait Ing a favorable opportunity to declare their Independence. -POLES FORM NATION. Berne cables ahow that the Polish regency council at Varsovia has declared de-clared for Incorporation of Prussisn Posen and Austrian Galicia In the new Polish nation. The Poles apparently appar-ently see a chance to rid themselves of German domination while the Teutons Teu-tons withdraw their Near East garrison. garri-son. But It la deemed likely that I Germany will try to retain a grasp on Ppland. - , |
